Post Profile

It’s a common refrain: We do our banking online, self-driving cars are hitting the road, and even fridges and coffee machines connect to the internet. Yet voting seems stuck in the past.
On Oct. 5, Future Tense—a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University—held an event in Washington, D.C., to ask the question: “Isn’t It Time We Designed an Election for the 21 st Century?” The happy hour conversation examined the problems with our current voting process, and paid particular attention to barriers to participation for many eligible voters, and how technology might help fix them.read more

The 21st century seems to be endlessly spouting out new ways to be socially connected online. Pepsi is doing their part now by allowing customers to be connected via their vending machines. No, I did not type that wrong, nor did you...

The civic ritual of voting in America is an act of nostalgia. Casting a ballot, unlike most things in our society, doesn’t ever seem to change. It’s the same as it was when you accompanied your parents to vote, or when they accompan...

On Wednesday, June 17, Future Tense—a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University—will host an evening event in Washington, D.C., on designing the 21 st century. For more information and to RSVP, visit the New Am...

THIS ISN’T THE 21st CENTURY I WAS PROMISED: Bring On Those Self Driving Cars! Detroit automobile designer turned Blade Runner production designer Syd Mead must sit around wondering where it all went wrong.